Updated Schedule 2013-2014. Meets second Sunday of each month at 10:00 am.
September 9 – Brent will host, and the book selection is Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013), by Lawrence Wright (There are two copies available through the local library)
October 14 – Cynthia will host, and the book is Zealot: : the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth, by Reza Aslan (2013). (There are four copies available through the local library.)
November 11 – Deral will host and the book is Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts (2013), by Emily Anthes. Book club will be held at Brent's home. (There are two copies available through the local library. One copy of the book on CD is available through the local library.)
December 9 -- John P. will host. Book selection is: The Sports Gene: Inside the science of extraordinary athletic performance. (1 copy is available through the local library.)
--2014--
January 13 -- Mary Ann will host. Book selection is: The Bondwoman's Narrative, By Hannah Crafts a/k/a Hannah Bond, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Three copies are available through the local library.)
February 10 -- Kanwal will host. Book selection tentatively is: "Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death," By Katy Butler. (One copy is available through the local library.)
March 10 -- John A. will host. Book selection is: "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, by George Packer. (Three copies are available through the local library.)
April 14 -- Kris will host. Book selection is: "To Die Well: your right to comfort, calm and choice in the last days of life. By Sidney H. Wanzer (1 copy available through the local library.)
May 12 -- Sue will host. Book selection is Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop speaking (2012), by Susan Cain. (Three print copies are available through the local library, plus one copy as a sound recording on CD.)
June 9 -- Brent will host. Book selection is: Skeptics and True Believers: The exhilarating connection between science and religion (1998), by Chet Raymo. (There is one copy available through the local library, and Brent has two copies to loan out.)
July 14 -- Cynthia will host. Book to be selected later.
August 11 - Deral will host. Book to be selected later.
September 8 - John P. will host. Book to be selected later.
October 13 - Mary Ann will host. Book to be selected later.
November 10 - Kanwal will host. Book to be selected later.
December 8 - John A. will host. Book to be selected later.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Updated 2013 Schedule 5/19/13
Updated
2013 Schedule
May 13 -- Mary Ann will host and has selected Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in
June 10 -- Kanwal will host and has selected How to get filthy rich in rising
July 8
-- John A. will host and the book selection is Drift:
The Unmooring of American Military Power (2013) by Rachel Maddow.. (There are 3 copies are available through the
Newport library. There also is 1 CD "book
on tape".)
August 12 – Sue to host, and the book selection is The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (2013), by Jonathan Haidt. (There is one copy is available through the
September 9 – Brent will host, and the
book selection tentatively is Going
Clear: Scientology, Hollywood , and the Prison of Belief (2013), by Lawrence
Wright (There are two copies available through the local library)
October 14 – Cynthia will host, book to be selected later.
November 11
– Deral has tentatively selected the book, Frankenstein's Cat:
Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts (2013), by Emily Anthes. Book club
will be held at Brent's home.
December 9 -- TBA
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Updated 2013 Schedule
Updated 2013 Schedule
May 13 -- Mary Ann will host and has selected Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan (2013), by Sean Parnell and John Bruning
June 10 -- Kanwal will host and has selected How to get filthy rich in rising Asia: A Novel (2013), by Mohsin Hamid. (There are two copies in the local library.)
July 8 -- John A. will host and the book selection is The Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (2012), by Erik Larson (there are four copies available in the local library)
August 12 – Sue to host, book to be selected later.
September 9 – Brent will host, and the book selection tentatively is Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013), by Lawrence Wright (there are two copies in the local library)
October 14 – Cynthia will host, book to be selected later.
November 11 – Deral has tentatively selected the book, Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts (2013), by Emily Anthes. Book club will be held at Brent's home.
December 9 -- TBA
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